Apoptosis of the protozoan oyster pathogen Perkinsus marinus in vivo and in vitro in the chesapeake bay and the Long Island Sound

Journal of Shellfish Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1035-1042

  Yee, Alison ^a,b   Dungan, Christopher ^c   Hamilton, Rosalee ^c   Goedken, Michael ^d   De Guise, Sylvain ^d   Sunila, Inke ^a  

^a State of Connecticut   (United States)

^b MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chesapeake Bay; Crassostrea virginica; Eastern oyster; Long Island Sound; Perkinsus marinus; Salinity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; BIVALVE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; LONG ISLAND SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; OSTREIDAE; PERKINSUS MARINUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33746923054     PISSN: 07308000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2983/0730-8000(2005)24[1035:AOTPOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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